Intense technical and political discussions between the EU and Mercosur countries on the fringes of the WTO ministerial conference that finished in Buenos Aires on Wednesday 13 December allowed progress to be made but the signing of an agreement in principle will have to wait until early 2018 at the earliest.
A Brazilian source said that Mercosur made new concessions on Tuesday to which the EU had reacted positively but it says it won’t be able to make a reciprocal offer immediately and it...